Metering all water services is an effective way of improving and maintaining control
of the water system operations and for providing the basis of an efficient and equitable
cost recovery. Metering provides a database for system performance monitoring, for
planning future facilities, and for assessing the effects of water conservation measures.
Metering also improves accountability for both water deliveries and unaccounted-for
water losses.
A standard universal metering system is used to monitor the quantity of water that
is delivered to each residential and commercial customer. Water delivered to public
facilities is not an exception. Each public facility has a water meter. Water that
is used for public services such as street cleaning/sweeping, graffiti removal, or
firefighting training will need to use a temporary fire hydrant meter when using water
from a fire hydrant to account for the total amount of water that is utilized. The
water meters are read by the utility's meter readers and recorded on the city's system
once per month, with billings made monthly to residential and commercial customers.
Effective August 2013, the City of Laredo Utilities Department began replacing or
retrofitting current water meters with automated meters in addition to installing
advanced metering infrastructure in an effort to create efficiency, reliability, and
use the latest technology. The entire project will be done in five (5) phases. Phase
I, which consists of approximately thirteen thousand (13,000) meters, began in August
2013. Utilities staff will test, repair, and replace automated meters during the life
of the device, as deemed necessary.
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Ord. No. 2014-O-048, §1(Exh. A), 4-21-14
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